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In this week's episode the guys talk about some of the news coming out of D23, Gabriel Ba hinting at more Umbrella Academy comics, and more! Also this week the guys are joined by Travis Gibb, Brian Wolf, Pete Riessett, and Ed Davis to talk about the newest volume of the Cthulhu Invades series this time Cthulhu Invades Fairytales. Make sure to check out the campaign of Cthulhu Invades Fairytales Kickstarter and the guests other Kickstarter campaigns using the links below. https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/orangecone/cthulhu-invades-fairy-tales?ref=user_menu https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/thedragonfly/steel-victory-1-a-super-sentai-noir/description https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/immortalera1/corruptor-1-2?ref=user_menu Don't Forget the guys also talk about the comics they are reading from last week, and all the news fit for print! Comics we discuss in this episode: Gatchaman #2 Absolute Power #2 EC Comics: Cruel Universe #1 Deadweights #5 The Deviant #7 Absolute Power #2 Absolute Power: Task Force VII #3 Rook: Exodus #4 Saga #67 A Vicious Circle #3 Godzilla: Here There Be Dragons-Seas of Giants #2 Get your Fortress Comics merchandise with the link below https://www.teepublic.com/user/fortress-comics FortressofComicNews.com https://chriscomicscorner.substack.com/ YouTube.com/FortressComics Find Chris: https://bio.site/chrisrundt Mike twitter @fortressricker Patreon.com/FortressComics https://www.tiktok.com/@chriscomicscorner Thanks for Listening! #marvel #marvelcomics #mcu #dccomics #comicbooks #comicnews #podcast #indiecomics #batman

L'émission Front Page est une revue d'actualité qui s'intéresse à tout ce qui touche le monde de la bande dessinée américaine (comics) du côté des Etats-Unis comme de la France, ainsi qu'à ses adaptations tous médias confondus. Le podcast est une série régulière chez First Print et revient au rythme de trois épisodes par mois, hors contenus spéciaux. Ce Front Page est le premier podcast consacré à l'actualité comics du mois d'août 2024.Le podcast est sponsorisé par Pulps et on vous propose un "Focus Pulps" chaque mois ! Découvrez une sélection de comics VO à prix de lancement !Le Focus Pulps d'août 2024 : DC All In Special #1/ The Terminator #1/ The Creeping Below #1/ Skin Police #1Si vous appréciez le travail fourni par l'équipe et que vous souhaitez soutenir le podcast, vous pouvez partager les émissions sur les réseaux sociaux et vous abonner à nos différents comptes, laisser des notes sur les différentes plateformes d'écoute, ou encore nous soutenir via notre page Tipeee. Très bonne écoute à vous, et à bientôt pour le prochain podcast !Le ProgrammeCOMICS - 03:45Point évènementiel : Cabaret Vert, America et CultissimeCome Find Me, nouvelle anthologie d'horreur à venir chez DSTLRYJim Zub signe pour trois ans de plus sur Conan le BarbareIDW poursuit les Artist's Edition malgré le départ de Scott DunbierSnotgirl serait-elle enfin de retour ? Gabriel Ba assure que The Umbrella Academy va faire son retour en comicsDeadpool Samurai fait son retour en surpriseMarvel dévoile son premier “New Champion”, Amaranth, en comicsTV - 1:00:00Marvel Studios dévoile ses séries à la D23CINEMA - 1:07:55Laura Karpman annoncée pour le score de Captain America : Brave New WorldUn film les Indestructibles 3 annoncé à la D23 !Soutenez First Print - Podcast Comics de Référence sur TipeeeHébergé par Ausha. Visitez ausha.co/politique-de-confidentialite pour plus d'informations.

Based on the original miniseries by Gerard Way and Gabriel Ba , The Umbrella Academy is Back! Join Brian and Pete for their review of Umbrella Academy Season 4 episode 1 , "The Unbearable Tragedy Of Getting What You Want"

Based on the original miniseries by Gerard Way and Gabriel Ba , The Umbrella Academy is Back! Join Brian and Pete for their review of Umbrella Academy Season 4 episode 1 , "The Unbearable Tragedy Of Getting What You Want"

And now a rambling and too brief review of "The Umbrella Academy" by Gerad Way & Gabriel Ba, their eccentric yet entertaining take one the superhero/fantasy genre.

Directamente de la Roca de la Eternidad llegan Los C*brones del Comic Esta semana estuvimos "Joe Kimota", "Charly el Gran Queso Rojo". "Marvelito" y "Gibran Fawcett" y los temas fueron: - #SaludosdelaSemana - #CochinoEspañol Los esperados lanzamientos de "La Nueva Era Marvel en Mexico" - "Savage Avengers" de Gerry Duggan y Mike Deodato - Los chismes de los cierres de la tienda Comicastle Queretaro y el blog "How to Arsenio Lupin" - El comic "The Good Asian" de Porsak Pichetshote - "A Righteous Thirst for Vengeance" de Rick Remender - "Daytripper" de Gabriel Ba y Fabio Moon - TEMA PRINCIPAL: Esta semana aprovechamos el proximo estreno de Shazam 2 para hablar del original Capitan Marvel, su mitologia clasica y moderna, asi como algunas de sus mejores apariciones. Les recordamos que este episodio ya se encuentra disponible en todas nuestras plataformas: YOUTUBE: https://youtu.be/sBLBCLTaKpA DESCARGA DIRECTA: https://www.mediafire.com/file/8o2h7d08rai62yw/CC167.mp3/file IVOOX: https://go.ivoox.com/rf/104088622 SPOTIFY: https://open.spotify.com/episode/6vEC4AK2x52GaKe1uhFYME?si=CEUT73zTSl2c7OnSC3paVg ITUNES: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/cc-podcast-ep-167-shazam/id1491120703?i=1000603834026 AMAZON MUSIC: https://music.amazon.com.mx/podcasts/4034adbb-ebd7-4e94-b30b-25d526706c1f/episodes/2528281e-64e7-495d-93e6-577d878ce33d/cc-podcast-los-c-brones-del-comic-cc-podcast-ep-167--shazam DEEZER: https://deezer.page.link/Cqv9gvy2iC7TSt2t5 TUNE IN: https://tunein.com/podcasts/Media--Entertainment-Podcasts/CC-PODCAST-Los-Cabrones-del-Comic-p1403534/?topicId=165592046 CASTBOX: https://castbox.fm/episode/CC-PODCAST-Ep-167--Shazam!-id3402827-id578239949 ANCHOR: https://spotifyanchor-web.app.link/e/VT1wLqyG7xb GOOGLE PODCAST: https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cHM6Ly9hbmNob3IuZm0vcy8xMThiZWRmYy9wb2RjYXN0L3Jzcw/episode/ODc2Yzc0NjYtNDVlMS00NTE1LTg0MjQtMDA2Y2ZjYWM1NjNj?sa=X&ved=0CAUQkfYCahcKEwi4s9zt6df9AhUAAAAAHQAAAAAQAQ GOODPODS: https://goodpods.com/podcasts/cc-podcast-los-cbrones-del-comic-219242/cc-podcast-ep-167-shazam-28661507 No dejen de seguirnos en todas nuestras redes sociales: FACEBOOK https://www.facebook.com/CC-Podcast-116418736410117 INSTAGRAM https://www.instagram.com/ccpodcast20/ TWITTER https://twitter.com/ccpodcast3 YOUTUBE: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCnVjg-mMwicbhE6coe5LKew CARPETA MEDIAFIRE CON TODOS LOS EPISODIOS: https://www.mediafire.com/folder/y75tj32egk9re/CC+PODCAST https://www.mediafire.com/folder/bfm81giju8ete/CC+PODCAST+2

In this episode of The Comic Book Lair, we look at the last half of Daytripper by Fabio Moon and Gabriel Ba. Published by DC Comics. We also discuss our favorite reads from the week and what we are looking forward to for next week.Please remember to leave us a review, and subscribe to our show! If you enjoyed what you heard, we'd be eternally grateful if you shared it with a friend. Next week we will be Hangin' In The Lair and catching up on all that we have been reading and watching! So jump into our Discord and join the conversation.Show Information:InstagramWebsiteDiscordSupport The Comic Book LairKeep Reading Comics! Cowabunga Nerds!Books Mentioned in this Episode:007GospelThat Texas Blood*The Comic Book Lair crew can get 15% off their order at Coffee and a Comic if you enter code "COMICBOOKLAIR" at checkout.We are really stoked to be able to bring this to our listeners! Frank is awesome and is doing really cool things for us Comic Book fans! Make sure to check out @coffee_and_a_comic on Instagram as well!* **Like the sound of the Comic Book Lair Podcast? Our audio production is provided by RoseKat Audio. Check out RoseKat Audio at rosekataudio.com**

In this episode of The Comic Book Lair, we look at Daytripper by Fabio Moon and Gabriel Ba. Published by DC Comics. We also discuss our favorite reads from the week and what we are looking forward to for next week. Please remember to leave us a review, and subscribe to our show! If you enjoyed what you heard, we'd be eternally grateful if you shared it with a friend. Next week we will be diving into the last half of Daytripper! So jump into our Discord and join the conversation.Show Information:InstagramWebsiteDiscordSupport The Comic Book LairKeep Reading Comics! Cowabunga Nerds!Books Mentioned in this Episode:Batman One Bad Day: Mr. Freeze*The Comic Book Lair crew can get 15% off their order at Coffee and a Comic if you enter code "COMICBOOKLAIR" at checkout.We are really stoked to be able to bring this to our listeners! Frank is awesome and is doing really cool things for us Comic Book fans! Make sure to check out @coffee_and_a_comic on Instagram as well!* **Like the sound of the Comic Book Lair Podcast? Our audio production is provided by RoseKat Audio. Check out RoseKat Audio at rosekataudio.com**

Brea and Mallory discuss a huge reader woe - book FOMO. Plus, an interview with Andy Marino, and book recommendations set in South America! Email us at readingglassespodcast at gmail dot com!Reading Glasses MerchRecommendations StoreSponsors -GreenChefwww.greenchef.com/GLASSES135CODE: GLASSES135Dipseawww.dipseastories.com/GLASSES Links -Reading Glasses Facebook GroupReading Glasses Goodreads GroupAmazon Wish ListNewsletterLibro.fmHalloween Readathon10/23Flyaway by Kathleen JenningsMallory's New Book!https://bookshop.org/a/4926/9780762478989Andy Marinohttp://www.andy-marino.com/ Books Mentioned - And Then I Woke Up by Malcolm DevlinCome Closer by Sara GranIt Rides A Pale Horse by Andy MarinoLife and Fate by Vasily Grossman, translated by Robert ChandlerDevil House by John DarnielleThe Anthill by Julianne PachicoTwo Brothers by Gabriel Ba and Fabio MoonDaytripper by Gabriel Ba and Fabio Moon

Flying popcorn tins with laser beams! Atomic flying elbows! Spaceships in the Eiffel Tower! These are just a few of the things you'll find in our review of Gerard Way and Gabriel Ba's 2008 series, The Umbrella Academy. We try to make sense of the chaos for you in a world where FINALLY an anthropomorphic banana wouldn't be out of place!

On this episode of X-Ray Vision, Jason Concepcion, Rosie Knight and Cody Ziglar fend off Battra, have a jam sesh with Spider-Punk, and more! That's right: it's volume three of X-Ray Vision's Comics Corner (patent pending). First in Previously On (1:50), Jason and Rosie discuss the greenlit Batman sequel from Matt Reeves, Kevin Feige's announcement at CinemaCon of ten more years of the MCU, Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness being banned in Saudi Arabia, and the recently dropped Doctor Strange ‘Time' trailer before the movie's release on May 6. Then, they recap and discuss Moon Knight episode 5, “Asylum.” In the Airlock (39:47), Jason and Rosie are joined by co-host Cody Ziglar to dive deep (deeeeep) into the comics they are reading (and writing) right now, including Zig's fantastic Spider-Punk, Rosie's epic-looking Godzilla one-shot, a host of hero and non-hero comics recommendations, PLUS a comics reading list to prepare you for Doctor Strange. Finally, in Nerd Out (1:16:04) a listener pitches us on Team Starkid. Tune in every Friday and don't forget to Hulk Smash the Follow button! Nerd Out Submission Instructions! Send a short pitch and 2-3 minute voice memo recording to xray@crooked.com that answers the following questions: 1) How did you get into/discover your ‘Nerd Out?' (2) Why should we get into it too? (3) What's coming soon in this world that we can look forward to or where can we find it? Follow Jason: twitter.com/netw3rk Follow Crooked: twitter.com/crookedmedia PLUGS: Rosie's IG, website, author archive, & Letterboxd. The Listener's Guide for all things X-Ray Vision! Spider-Punk – written by Cody Ziglar, pencils by Justin Mason, letters by Jim Charalampidis and cover by Olivier Coipel. Godzilla Rivals vs. Battra – By Rosie Knight, illustrated & cover by Oliver Ono. Hulk (2021-) – By Donny Cates & Ryan Ottley. Bonus: Enemy Mine (1985) – starring Dennis Quaid and Lou Gossett Jr. Available to rent on Amazon or AppleTV. Marauders (2022- ) – By Steve Orlando & Eleanora Carlini with covers by Kael Ngu. Marauders (2019- ) – By Gerry Dugan and Matteo Lolli and Phil Noto with covers by Russell Dauterman.  The X Deaths of Wolverine (2022- ) – by Benjamin Percy & Federico Vicentini  Arrive in My Hands by Trinidad Escobar from Black Josei Press. Umbrella Academy: Hotel Oblivion (2019) – by Gerard Way and Gabriel Ba. Immortal X-Men (2022- ) – By Kieron Gillen and Lucas Werneck with covers by Mark Brooks. Maison Ikkoku (1980-87) – By Rumiko Takahashi; available from Viz Media. Gleem (2019) – By Freddy Carrasco  Mawrth Vallis (2021) – By EPHK.  A Righteous Thirst for Vengeance (2021- ) – By Rick Remender and Andre Lima Araujo.  DOCTOR STRANGE READING LIST Doctor Strange & Doctor Doom: Triumph and Torment (1989) - Written by Roger Stern with pencils and covers by Mike Mignola and Mark Badger. Captain Carter (Began March, 2022) - Written by Jamie Mckelvie, pencils by Marika Cresta, cover by Mckelvie. The Death of Doctor Strange (2021-2022, 5 issues) - Written by Jed MacKay, pencils by Lee Garbett, covers by Kaare Andrews. House of M (2005, 8 core issues w other crossovers & tie-ins) - Written by Brian Michael Bendis, pencils by Olivier Coipel, covers by Esad Ribic. Marvel Zombies (2005-06, 5 issues) - Written by Robert Kirkman, art by Sean Phillips, covers by Arthur Suydam. Time Runs Out (2014-15) – Running from Avengers #35 - Avengers #44. Written by Jonathan Hickman and art by various, including Jim Cheung, Kev Walker, and Mike Deodato, among others. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Grab your Ouija board, because we're talking to KLAUS HARGREEVES! How can the Seance make a better connection with the living instead of the dead? Tune in to find out! Intro We're back! Thanks for all your kind words & thoughts New Patron - Austin! Reminder of AMA for 150 Background (3:35) Number Four (The Seance/Klaus Hargreeves) created by Gerard Way and Gabriel Ba in The Umbrella Academy #1 Go back to Issue 130 for a look at Number Five The Umbrella Academy is a team of seven superpowered children, born to women who previously showed no signs of pregnancy - all adopted by Dr. Reginald Hargreeves, a wealthy philanthropist (secretly an alien) Vol. 1 - Apocalypse Suite - Klaus introduced as part of the team, a group of 10 year old children who stop the Eiffel Tower from destroying the world 20 years ago - in the present, their adoptive father Dr. Hargreeves dies, and the team reunites to bury and mourn him Their adoptive sister Vanya, long thought to be the only non-powered member of the team, turns out to be the most powerful, and undergoes surgery to enhance her powers of weaponizing sound - the team bands together to stop her, and Klaus channels Dr. Hargreeves and Igor Stravinsky as part of the plan before using his telekinetic ability to stop pieces of the moon from slamming into Earth Vol. 2 - Dallas - Klaus is captured by agents from the Temps Aeternalis, an organization overseeing time travel, in an attempt to find his brother Number Five, and murdered - he doesn't stay dead, however, returning to possess the agents and kill them in revenge (God kicks him out of Heaven) He, Spaceboy, and the Kraken all travel back in time to Vietnam to stop Number Five from assassinating JFK and irrevocably altering history, but then have to stop the agents from also killing Number Five Vol. 3 - Hotel Oblivion - Klaus is essentially a junkie being pimped out by a biker gang, who uses his ability to scam people into talking to their deceased relatives about hidden money, and then the gang leaders dig it up - Klaus turns on the abusers - he then joins his siblings in battling villains that escaped from an interdimensional prison built by their father - the volume ends with the team encountering the Sparrow Academy, a rival group of similarly powered “siblings” Issues - Theme is detachment (8:17) Living surrounded by dead people Drug use as a coping mechanism (15:24) Relationship with siblings constantly strained, both by his own actions and those of the team, but he's always one of the most “loyal” members of the team (22:30) Break (27:59) Plugs for BetterHelp, Hops Geek, and Gail Simone Treatment (30:11) In-universe -  Out of universe - (33:22) Focus on getting the drug use addressed first, then address childhood trauma Skit (41:32) DOC: Hello Klaus, I'm Dr. Issues. KLAUS: Hello Doctor, pleased to meet you. DOC: So what can I help you with? KLAUS: I'm not sure. I don't know if you can help me. Not your fault, just that I don't think even a mental health professional can comprehend what I'm all about. DOC: I'm not pretending to be an expert in everything, but I'm a relatively fast learner. Try me. KLAUS: Ever been in a war? DOC: No KLAUS: Ever levitated? DOC: No, but I've been around some people who can fly. KLAUS: Ever shot up? DOC: Can't say that I have. KLAUS: Come On! I was giving you an easy one. DOC: I work with peer counselors all of the time; I'm not going to lie to placate your sensibilities. I know it's not the same thing. KLAUS: I'm not one for those “blank” A meetings anyway DOC: Which ones? AA, NA? KLAUS: Yes. DOC: I see. It's interesting that you seem most closed off about the substance use when you also mentioned physical conflicts and the supernatural. KLAUS: Oh no, I don't hide that either. I'm just tired of my abilities being used as a cheap parlor trick, or worse yet, as a way to scam money out of well-intentioned but clueless people. DOC: Indeed. Entertaining a person doesn't garner their attention the same as having a conversation. I will say though, that the two don't have to be separate. KLAUS: Well I don't “entertain” as much as “shock the hell out of” people, but I get your point. No, I can strike a balance. That's where the dynamic shifts. You think talking to someone in trouble is speaking to their soul. Man, I SPEAK TO THEIR SOUL. DOC: What kind of lessons have you learned from that? KLAUS: Their regrets, mostly. Even the dead can still worry. I bet there's some you'd like- DOC: Don't go there. KLAUS: Oh…*some sort of magical sound* Oh. I see. Well, that's awkward. DOC: Not as much as you'd think. Us mere mortals may not delve into that realm as frequently as you, but that doesn't mean there isn't a connection. Every. Single. Day. Even just for a few moments. KLAUS: Humor helps. DOC: Don't I know it! Is that your go-to coping mechanism? KLAUS: Plenty, but it's a quick fix. No, the problem, I think, is that there's no way to “move on” for me. Folks like you get that transition and go about your business. I'm just the chump that gets the feedback loop when others pass along. Gotta dampen that somehow. DOC: That's a common plight among those who suffer from addiction KLAUS: It's not all suffering, I DOC: *interrupting*You enjoy it until you can't, yeah I realize that. What's your motivation to change? KLAUS: *pause* I want to see where this goes. DOC: I don't have a particular agenda for how many sessions KLAUS: *interrupting* No, I mean ALL of this. It's a lot, man. I get put in spots where I'm expected to call on some sort of “great wisdom through the ages” but I just want to listen to some music. Notice the little things. Be trivial. That's not as bad as it seems. My family, they get bogged down with saving the world when they can't save themselves. Dad was…well, whatever the hell he was. That's what I've learned from the dead. DOC: That's…more than I care to imagine. I try to put myself in someone else's shoes, but you…I don't even know where to begin. KLAUS: Yeah, it's a trip. That's where all the… substances come in. Help clear my head. I figure if I have to see all kindsa weird stuff, at least I can do it to myself. DOC: I can't even ask “why the pain?” Because it's obvious. Maybe a slight tweak. What do you FOR yourself? KLAUS: I just told you. DOC: Nope. You said TO yourself; as if your existence is a trivial one that can be used as a plaything. Just how important is your life compared to others? KLAUS: I mean, what difference does it make about the value of my life? I've come back from the dead at least twice, so clearly life and death don't mean a whole helluva lot to me. And my siblings, well… I… “love” them, I guess. The world would be a lot worse off without them. DOC: So you show grace to those you love, but not to yourself, because you've had an experience that's different from their own, AND YET, you view your unique experience as a negative to your self worth. That's what you're telling me? I don't buy it. KLAUS: Oh, our experiences are negatives to all of us. Not one of us is happy for what we've been through. My point is just that compared to them, I'm somehow less well adjusted. I mean, it's what it is. I'm just calling it like I see it. Not looking for pity or anything, that ship sailed a long time ago. DOC: Are these the things you told yourself when you died? KLAUS: Which time? But seriously, I'm just trying to do the best with the cards I've been dealt. You a poker player? DOC: For the sake of rapport…yes. KLAUS: So I've got a three-eight offsuit. Flop came down Men's Wearhouse, all faces. I'm looking for a runner-runner and praying to pull trips. That's my daily existence. Get the picture? DOC: Yup. But there's so much you're not saying that's vital to the hand. What's your position at the table? What are the stacks? Plus, you have a “cheater's edge” in your pocket. You're worried about what the dealer is going to think if you use inside information, not to mention the interactions that you have that can either bluff or intimidate the weak lays. There is so much more than basic math that would allow for you to come out with a fighting chance. KLAUS: Hmph. Fair points, Amarillo Doc.I suppose I can do a better job of reading the players at the table. Any suggestions? DOC: Start with yourself. Know your tells. Don't telegraph everything at once and wonder why everyone pushes you around with a bad hand. You have an ability that gets to see the turn and river over and over after the hand is done. Use that in how you deal with others. KLAUS: And I suppose you'll recommend I do this all with a clear head? DOC: Well, NO S**T. KLAUS: I can't promise it'll be all the time. But I suppose I can take a break from time to time and get a better handle on things. Now that we're done with that, ever done shrooms? DOC: I'll tell you what I tell most folks: Just say no to most drugs. KLAUS: Well if you ever wanna take a trip with me, you know where to find me. Ending (62:11)  Recommended reading: Vol. 3 is heavily focused on Klaus Next episodes: 150th episode, Moon Knight redux, Elsa Bloodstone Plugs for social References: Number Five episode - Anthony (3:56) Miss Minutes/Loki - Anthony (6:20) Apple Podcasts: here Google Play: here Stitcher: here TuneIn: here iHeartRadio: here Twitter Facebook Patreon TeePublic Discord

In this episode, Chris welcomes Mark from the “Comic Book Legion” podcast to look at one of his new favorite comic book limited series, “Daytripper”. Fabio Moon and Gabriel Ba craft an emotional tale that follows the life of one man, Bras de Olivias Dominguez. Every chapter features an important period in Bras' life in exotic Brazil, and each story ends the same way. And then, the following story starts up at a different point in his life, oblivious to what happened in the previous issue—and then also ends the same way. The story follows him through his entire existence—one filled with possibilities of happiness and sorrow, good and bad, love and loneliness. Each issue rediscovers the many varieties of daily life, in a story about living life to its fullest—because any of us can die at any moment. Poignant, heartfelt and thoughtful, this comics landmark is one of the most transcendent pieces of graphic storytelling ever to hit the printed page. Brothers Fabio Moon and Gabriel Ba truly compose one of the industry's masterworks.Mark on Twitter: @MarkReadsComicsComic Book Legion on Twitter: @cb_legionComic Book Legion: https://nerdylegion.com/podcasts/cblegion Geek Ultimate Alliance on Twitter: @GUAPodNetworkWFTB on Twitter: @FinestBelieversWFTB Email: worldsfinesttruebelievers@gmail.comChris on Twitter: @ChrisBalgaSupport The Alliance On Patreon & Get Ad-Free, Exclusive, Early Episodeshttps://www.patreon.com/guanetworkGeek Ultimate Alliance Network Is Produced By GeekVerse Podcast www.geekverse.caNetwork Schedule Monday: World's Finest True Believers/Rangers Alliance (Bi-Weekly)Tuesday: DC Alliance Wednesday: Superhero DiscussionsThursday: Star Wars AllianceFriday: Marvel AllianceSaturday: A Walk Through the Multiverse (Bi-Weekly)Sunday: Slice of Film (Bi-Weekly)Follow the respective shows on Twitter so when they record live on GeekVerse Podcast Network you can join the chat and add to the conversation!

In this episode I'm talking to Jamie Walker. Jamie is Head of English at St Nicholas' international school in Sao Paolo.  We discuss:  the best text he's ever read, studied or taught an introduction to his career to date and current position in Sao Paolo. the role of inquiry learning at St Nicholas' his approach to balancing canonised writers with new or local voices in the curriculum the specific challenges Jamie's students face in English how technology plays a part in delivering the English curriculum at his school and finally, recommendations for resources English teachers may find useful Thanks a lot to Jamie for taking the time to talk with me as well as working around the enormous time difference between him and Hong Kong! If you haven't already please subscribe via Apple podcasts, Spotify, Stitcher or wherever you get your podcasts.  Links: https://www.amazon.com/Land-Green-Plums-Novel/dp/0312429940 (The Land of Green Plums) by Herta Muller https://www.amazon.com/Blindness-1st-first-Text-Only/dp/B004Q76WUU/ref=sr_1_3?crid=2V9P7GVWQT4NW&dchild=1&keywords=blindness%20by%20jose%20saramago&qid=1626916216&sprefix=blindness%20%2Caps%2C375&sr=8-3 (Blindness) by Jose Saramago https://www.amazon.co.uk/Blasted-Modern-Plays-Sarah-Kane/dp/0413766209 (Blasted) by Sarah Kane https://www.amazon.com/Memory-Police-Novel-Yoko-Ogawa/dp/1101870605 (The Memory Police) by Yoko Ogawa https://www.amazon.com/Daytripper-Gabriel-Ba/dp/1401229697 (Daytripper) by Gabriel Ba, and Fabio Moon https://www.amazon.com/Captains-Sands-Penguin-Classics-Jorge/dp/014310635X (Captains of the Sands) by Jorge Amado

Created by Fabio Moon and Gabriel Ba, Daytripper is a must read about appreciating life, accepting death and being true to yourself. The quiet parts of our days and our many interactions are strong themes as seen through the eyes of an obituary writer in this Eisner Award winning series.

Monday Morning Critic Podcast!   Episode 222. "The Night Of" Composer: Jeff Russo.  Instagram: Monday Morning Critic Twitter: @mdmcritic Facebook: Monday Morning Critic Podcast Email: www.mmcpodcast.com    Two-time Grammy nominee and Emmy-winning composer Jeff Russo is at the top of his field, scoring varied and compelling music for television, film and video games. Russo won the Emmy and received two additional Emmy nominations for his thrilling and angst-producing score on FX’s Emmy and Golden Globe-winning series “Fargo.” He currently scores two Peabody Award-nominated shows: CBS’s reimagining of the iconic cult-classic series “Star Trek: Discovery;” and FX’s “Legion,” starring Dan Stevens and Aubrey Plaza; as well as Netflix’s “The Umbrella Academy,” starring Ellen Page, Tom Hopper and Mary J. Blige, based on the popular comic book series by Gerard Way and Gabriel Ba; and Noah Hawley’s feature directorial debut from Fox Searchlight, “Lucy In the Sky,” starring Natalie Portman and John Hamm. His recent film work further includes scoring Mark Wahlberg’s action-thriller film, “Mile 22” Craig Macneill’s “Lizzie,” starring Chloe Sevigny and Kristen Stewart, which premiered at the 2018 Sundance Film Festival before releasing in theaters; and Jon Avnet’s “Three Christs,” starring Richard Gere, which premiered at the 2017 Toronto International Film Festival.   Russo has scored several hit TV series such as Starz’s “Counterpart,” starring J.K. Simmons; “Power,” produced by Curtis Jackson “50 Cent;” HBO’s Golden Globe and Emmy-nominated series “The Night Of,” starring John Turturro; FX’s John Singleton series, “Snowfall;” and the Netflix original show, “Altered Carbon.” In addition to film and television, Russo received a BAFTA nomination for Best Music for Annapurna Interactive’s indie video game, “What Remains of Edith Finch.”   Russo began his music career in 1990, after founding his rock band TONIC. The group quickly achieved great success and in 2003, received two Grammy nominations, one for "Best Rock Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal" for "Take Me As I Am," and one for "Best Rock Album.” The band was a great showcase for Russo’s guitar work and songwriting that allowed him to branch out and begin his solo career in producing and composing.   According to Variety Magazine, “Jeff Russo understands how music can affect an audience. When music is employed, he sees it as an enhancement to character development, and is careful to create music that subtly flows with the action and visuals of the scene.”

'....an Atomic Flying Elbow.' Tony is joined by artist Rory Donald to talk about the first volume of The Umbrella Academy - 'Apocalypse Suite'. Rory, himself has a style not unlike Gabriel Ba and the pair discuss the details of a comic that is far, far better than the TV series! As well as some really interesting writing from Gerard Way. You can find work by Rory here and follow him on Twitter here. Many thanks for listening.

This week we talk about Umbrella Academy, an irreverent and fun take on super heroes by Gerard Way and Gabriel Ba. This title and more are available on Hoopla digital with your public library card. Recorded in the Sound Studio at Slover Library. The Umbrella Academy Vol 1 Apocalypse Suite www.hoopladigital.com/title/11438649 The Umbrella Academy Vol. 2: Dallas https://www.hoopladigital.com/title/11438588 The Umbrella Academy Vol. 3: Hotel Oblivion https://www.hoopladigital.com/title/12571701

On today's Stack podcast: Iron Man #1, You Look Like Death: Tales From The Umbrella Academy #1, Batman #99, Thor #7, Stillwater #1, Detective Comics #1027, Goosebumps: Secrets of the Swamp #1, Giant-Size X-Men: Storm #1, Big Girls #2, Justice League #53, Seven Secrets #2, The Immortal Hulk #37, Dryad #5, Catwoman #25, Once & Future #11, X-Men #12, Faithless II #4, The Amazing Spider-Man: The Sins of Norman Osborn #1, and Head Lopper #13. SUBSCRIBE ON RSS, ITUNES, ANDROID, SPOTIFY, STITCHER OR THE APP OF YOUR CHOICE. FOLLOW US ON TWITTER, AND FACEBOOK. SUPPORT OUR SHOWS ON PATREON. Full Transcript: Alex:                 What is up y'all? Welcome to The Stack. I'm Alex. Justin:              I'm Justin. Pete:                I'm Pete. Alex:                 And on The Stack we talk about a bunch of comics that have come out today. Pete:                Sure do. Alex:                 We review them, unless they're DC comics, those rap scallions, they come out on Tuesdays. They go out for 24 hours. You already know about them. Justin:              Yes, but you can read them today. You can read comics whenever you want. That's the freedom of the comic book industry. Alex:                 Right. And if you break into writer's brain, you can read comics that haven't even been made yet, man. You know what I'm talking about? Justin:              Yes. I know what you mean by breaking into a writer's brain too. You talk about with like a hammer? Alex:                 Yeah, man. But six feet away, keep your safe distance. Let's get into this because I don't know where I was going. Pete:                Wait, what? Yeah, what the fuck. Alex:                 I don't know where I was going with this, Pete. Iron Man, number one from Marvel written by Christopher Cantwell, art by Cafu. This is, as you can imagine, another new start for Iron Man, a back-to-basic start after the big robot war. And this book spends quite a bit of time with Tony Stark, the man, before it puts him in a classic Iron Man costume, throws him up against a new, old threat. What'd you think about this book? How'd you feel about this versus the last couple of years in Tony's life? Justin:              I don't know if I'd call it an Iron Man costume, but other than that I think this is a fun book. I feel like Tony Stark is popping a little bit more here. He feels a little bit on his own, less tied up in a sort of the galaxy brain, worried about everything, stuff that he's mostly been in for the last few years and more just like the guy who puts on the suit. Pete:                It's nice to see him not being a robot or a dead version of himself or whatever it is. It's nice to see Tony being Tony, but there's a lot of interesting things in this comic. I didn't really get past the sad girl playing her violin outside of an Apple store and then asked to leave where she was crying and walking away, that was fucking heartbreaking, man. That was cold as ice. But I'm interested to see what happens. The problem is what I didn't like was there was this moment where it was just like the movie where Tony Stark's like, “Oh yeah.” And then someone comes out to him at a party and was like, “Hey Tony, I got this thing to pitch you.” And he's like, “Yeah, yeah, yeah, later.” And then that person becomes the villain. And that was like we saw that in this comic as well. And I was like, “Well, it's kind of played out, but all right, I'll see what's up.” Alex:                 But it plays out differently, right? Because he turns around to the guy- Pete:                A little differently. Alex:                 I mean, that's a classic Iron Man, Tony stark scenario. What I liked about this book is I spent most of the running time thinking we were going to be running out of time that I was like, “Jesus, why are they spending so much time on Tony Stark out of armor? Get to it already, you're going to run out of the page length here. But this was well paced. It was well thought out and they clearly gave it a little bit of extra time to breathe. You could spend time with Tony Stark before putting him in an action scenario. I don't know if it's going to pay out with the page length every issue necessarily like that, but it's refreshing and nice. Like you were saying Justin, to see him on a back-to-basics level, Tony stark, because we haven't really seen that in a very, very long time. Justin:              Yeah. Reading this I was like, “Oh yeah, he used to be sort of a dude who dealt with his own stuff. And now he's been trapped in the Neanderthal age in a cave for a while.” Also a couple more details I love, Terrax as a villain. One of my favorite villain characters, cosmic villains, who you don't see hardly ever, like cool acts, cool look, cool looking dude. And I love the triangle shield in the first couple of pages and the Iron Man armor. Alex:                 I agree. Good stuff. Art by Cafu as well, yes. Pete:                Yeah. The art was great. The moment where he, spoiler alert, flies through a helicopter blade was pretty bad ass. Alex:                 Yeah. All very cool stuff. Let's move on and talk about You Look Like Death: Tales from the Umbrella Academy, number one, from Dark Horse Comics, story by Gerard Way and Shaun Simon, art and colors by I.N.J. Culbard. This of course does not have the regular artists Gabriel Ba on Umbrella Academy. And that's because- Pete:                Yeah, what the fuck. Alex:                 Hold on. You can probably tell from the title, this is a spinoff. This is a side story focusing on Klaus as he gets kicked out of the Umbrella Academy and heads off to Hollywood. Man, there's just a lot of fun. You got to love this, Klaus high on drugs. Justin:              You know Alex is going to love this. The original Klaus head. Alex:                 I love Klaus. I also love going back to the Umbrella Academy after being so deep into the show with Umbrella Podcademy our Umbrella Academy podcast, to revisit the characters in the original format. It's like, “Oh right, Kraken's actually a badass and not just a sad sack. That's nice to see, that's fun.” Justin:              Yeah. What's your favorite type of hero, bad-ass or sad sack? Alex:                 Great question. It's very much a toss up. Pete, you got to love the vampire buggy, right? Pete:                Yeah. [crosstalk 00:05:44]. That was really fun. First of, [crosstalk 00:05:47]. Justin:              Wait, hold up, Why'd you go to Pete for the vampire monkey? Alex:                 Because I was reading the book and I was like, “Pete's going to hate this, but he's going to like the vampire monkey.” Justin:              Is that true? Pete:                Well, I didn't hate it. I mean, what's upsetting is the father just kills me in this, just how cold this fucking dad is, it's hard to get past and it's just hammered all the time during the book, so it's tough. If this father had any compassion, these kids would have such a better chance in life, and it is just heartbreaking. Justin:              Pete shitting on fatherhood, going after the whole enterprise. Pete:                That's right. Just you guys better fucking get your shit together and fucking [crosstalk 00:06:33]. Alex:                 I just kicked out my son. I told him he was cut off. Justin:              Wow. Alex:                 He headed to Hollywood. He got crazy high. Justin:              Nice. He's going to love it out there. Pete:                Yeah. Anyways, Klaus is fun. It's nice to revisit this a little bit, but I like Gabriel Ba. Justin:              Are you crying, Pete? I love, the art really pops in this, especially once the story moves out to the West coast, I feel like the scenes are really great, really fun. Great all around. Alex:                 Yeah. Let's move on then to Batman number 99 from DC Comics written by James Tynion IV and art by Jorge Jimenez. This is the I think penultimate chapter of the Joker war storyline- Justin:              It seems that way. Alex:                 … this is the Joker has basically destroyed Gotham city, taken over Bruce Wayne's fortune. Finally Batman and the crew are fighting bad Batman by appealing to his family saying, “I messed up, get back together with me all. Let's take this town.” Catwoman meanwhile is attacking financially trying to get the funds back. Man, this is the stuff that happens in this issue. And I almost don't want to spoil it, but particularly towards the end made me exclaim out loud. There are two moments towards the edge of the issue that I went, “Haha,” just like that, out loud. What'd you guys think about it? Pete:                Well, I was really … This is a lot of fun. This book is great. Part of me does really want to kind of get back to the bat and cat stuff, that was kind of set up before this. So seeing them kind of a part is driving me crazy a little bit. But man, the whole start of this, like Joker rolling in his fucking limo, this is really insane to kind of see where things are right now. And it really does get you kind of like hyped for that and in such a great way. I mean the panels where Batman just kind of lands in front of the spot where he's supposed to be, so epic, so well done. I love this kind of show down kind of atmosphere that is being set up. And the reveal at the end was holy fucking shit. Justin:              Yeah. James Tynion is such a tactical writer. He comes at the full story and the individual scenes with different angles than we've seen before. We get to spend more time with the Joker than I feel like we get to see normally. Normally the Joker is just cackling and plotting against Batman. In this we get to see a little bit more of him doing the logistical bits of his plan, and then executing in the way leading up to that last page reveal. And that stuff is fun and smart and makes this story seem fresh despite the fact that we've been … I want to say drowning in Joker for the past couple of years. Alex:                 Yeah. Well that, and also that it is another Gotham city is in flames story, but it's still … which we've seen a million times. I don't know why anybody lives there, but to your point, it's still feels dangerous. It still feels like it could go either way at the end of the day. Great, great stuff. Pete:                Just before we move on, we were talking about some oh shit moments towards the end. But also some touching stuff that happens in this too just before Batman kind of gives his speech or right after it, someone gets a gift, very touching. Alex:                 You're talking about the Nightwing costume, right? Pete:                Yeah, I am. I'm trying not to spoil it you fuck, but cool. Alex:                 Well, I mean, I think that's okay. We've already seen him in the costume several times because of the publishing schedule. But yeah, it's good bad family staff, James Tynion gets it. It works really well. This is a great issue. We went on to another one, Thor number seven from Marvel Comics written by Donny Cates and art by Aaron Kuder. This is pick it up after the death of Galactus last issue. And Thor's big vision, that some bad things are coming not just his way, but the Marvel universe's way. And he is throwing [inaudible 00:10:52] down on Broxton once again, because he feels like he is not worthy to pick it up. Turns out more people might be worthy to pick it up. As usual Donny Cates just find some fun, unique angles on his characters. And I love Aaron Kuder's art so much, just I love it. Every time it's just a pleasure to see his name. Pete:                Yeah. It's very enjoyable. The art is fantastic. Sorry, Justin, I didn't mean to cut you off. Justin:              No, please, it's your time to shine. Pete:                Well, this is such a fun back and forth between Tony and Thor that I love very much. Yeah, this is what a cool kind of setup for this new kind of arc. Very excited to see where this goes. A little kind of twist on the unworthy. But I'm very much on board and it's also great to see the kind of blanking on his name there [crosstalk 00:11:55]. Yeah, thank you. I'm just going to say horse Thor. Justin:              Speaking of Beta Ray Bill, when he takes his helmet off that dude's fucked. Alex:                 It's weird. Scary. Very weird. Yeah. I don't like it. He looks much less like a horse without his helmet. Justin:              Yeah. And much more like a nightmare that I'm going to have tonight. I mean, this book reminded me of a conversation we've had a lot about Batman. Thor is a character that is often pretty serious. Like God dealing with God level things speaking in very heightened language, yet Donny Cates finds a way to make this fun. There's a lot of humor here and that Thor can play around, something we've been talking about a lot lately with Batman is like, why does it always have to be doom and gloom, there's room in our ability as fans to take two sides of a character, someone who takes their job seriously, but also likes to play around a little bit with his friends. And this book does a great job of keeping the action fun, the stakes high, I mean two issues ago, everything was hell. And now here we are where we're having fun with words on [inaudible 00:13:04]. Pete:                Yeah, just leave words on the hammer, man. Alex:                 Words on the hammer, that's what I always say. Moving on to one that I know Justin is super psyched about, Stillwater number one from Image Comics written by Chip Zdarsky and art by Ramon K. Perez. Now this is a bit of a spoiler because they only eventually get around to it in the second half of the book, but it is the concept of the book is about a guy who loses his job, gets an inheritance or so he thinks, that brings him to the small town of Stillwater. And it turns out in the small town of Silverwater, nobody ever dies. Things get darker from there. Justin, talk about this book a little bit. Justin:              I mean the art by Ramon K. Perez is so good. I love his work on everything that he does. I think the first book that really caught my eye he did was I think called Tale of Sand, I want to say, based on a Jim Henson script. And great book and this just art really shines. The story itself reminded me a lot of Lovecraft Country actually, the first two episodes of that, except with none of the race elements and it's just sort of spoiled white dudes doing the … going on a similar journey. But the way the story ends is exciting and curious what the next move is, if that make sense. Pete:                Yeah, this is the new like, hey, I'm a prince, and if you send me money I'll send you money tenfold. When you get the letter that somebody died and there's inheritance, you don't fall for that. All right. That's a trap. It's clear. If you didn't know that person- Alex:                 Wait, sorry. Pete, did you just say somebody died and left me money? Let me know where I need to go to pick it up. Pete:                Oh, okay, well you got to go to Stillwater. Justin:              And let me say on the other side, Pete, your rich great uncle did die and you have to go get that money. You can't just leave that hanging there just because you're scared. Pete:                I'm not going to fall for that, all right. It's some creepy town where- Alex:                 No, I back up what Justin is saying, this is true and accurate. And if you give us $50 right now, we'll tell you where to go. Pete:                Oh, okay. All right. Well, I'll just Venmo you guys then. Alex:                 Yeah, that sounds great. Actually, you know what might be easier is if you gave us your credit card number. Pete:                Oh okay, sure. Yeah, why don't I give it to you right over here? Alex:                 All right, go ahead. Pete:                Five, five, five, five, five. Justin:              It is weird it's all fives. It is crazy. Pete:                Yeah. Alex:                 Wait, actually I had a question just to step back. Thor, I didn't try this yet. The phone number he puts down on me on [inaudible 00:15:52] for Tony, that's just like a regular two on two number, right? That's pretty weird. Justin:              Yeah, let me, I guess you're right here. Two, one, two, nine, seven, zero, four, one, three, three. Alex:                 Ooh, I don't get any phone service down here. You want to give it a call? Justin:              Yeah, I'll give it a call. Alex:                 Okay. That sounds great. Pete:                Oh man, that's exciting. Alex:                 Yes. Meanwhile, I'll talk about Stillwater. This reminded me a little bit of Revival, the Tim Seeley book, just in terms of concept, which is a great book that everybody should check out. It does feel a little more [inaudible 00:16:26] and a little more focused on this character. I'm also sure Chip Zdarsky is aware of revival and trying to do something different in that. But I'm curious to see how it delineates itself from that going on, just in terms of the pure people coming back to life. You're about to call the number Justin? Justin:              Yes. We have not planned this, so we truly have no idea what's going to come up here. Alex:                 There's going to be an old lady that's going to be like, “Hello.” Speaker 4:        Yes, this is Iron Man. However, due to some big blonde jerk, I no longer use this number. But hey, nice try anyway. For all things Tony stark, please visit www.tonystarkironman.com, and try and stay safe out there, yeah. I'm busy enough as it is. Alex:                 Ah, that's fun. Justin:              Is that Downey? Alex:                 That's cool. Maybe. Justin:              It could be, it sounds like him. Alex:                 Yeah. Fun stuff. Good [inaudible 00:17:22] comic books. Pickup Stillwater number one, moving on to, this is going to be a mouthful, are you ready? Detective Comics number 1027 from DC Comics. This isn't an anniversary issue, so it's a bunch of stories. It is written by Peter J. Tomasi, Brian Michael Bendis, Matt Fraction, Greg Rucka, James Tynion IV, Kelly Sue DeConnick, Marv Wolfman, Grant Morrison, Tom King, Scott Snyder, Dan Jurgens and Mariko Tamaki. And the art is by Brad Walker, David Marquez, Chip Zdarsky, Eduardo Risso, Riley Rossmo, John Romita Jr., Emanuela Luppachino, Chris Burnham, Walter Simonson, Ivan Reis, Kevin Nowlan and Dan Mora. Justin:              You read so fast, it sounded like you said Snot Snyder. Pete:                It did sound like Snot Snyder. Alex:                 Oh man, thank you for picking on the thing that I screwed up out of 20 names. Justin:              Alex, I just wanted to say, you really nailed it when you said Peter J. Tomasi, Brian Michael Bendis, Matt Fraction, Greg Rucka and the rest. Alex:                 I like this package. I know we talk a lot about short story [inaudible 00:18:30], this is like- Pete:                Justin loves talking about nice packages. Justin:              Wow. Alex:                 This is a good set of Batman stories. I was fully prepared to be like, “Yeah, I don't know, I like this one.” But I like most of them. Justin:              Yeah. No, it was hard to pick a favorite as well. I really liked the masterclass story was a good use of the bat family where everyone really got to pop for a second. The Grant Morrison detective number 26 story was like- Alex:                 So funny. Justin:              So fun. And I was like, “Oh, Grant Morrison. Yes. I haven't seen that Grant Morrison in quite a while.” Where it's just like finds a little fun bit and just needles it into a story. Alex:                 I mean, I'll mention with the idea of the story is as you can figure out, it's the guy who came to the issue before Batman and he's already to be the next big vigilante. He's going to be the silver ghost. He has the whole plan. He has his origin story. He has his motivation, everything. And then he goes out of his first mission and he sees Batman and he's like, “Ah, shit.” Justin:              This guy's got good branding, good ears. Alex:                 To your point it's great, I want more of that out of Grant Morrison. I don't need crazy musical notes from Superman saving the universe anymore, just give me that fun stuff. He did that on Klaus as well at least at the beginning where it's just the simple idea of what if Santa was battle Santa. That's great, more of that fun stuff. Pete, which ones did you like? What are you into? Pete:                I really loved the fraction happy returns, the Rocco rookie story was really great that we've had an eye on you was a awesome moment. Justin:              That was cool. Pete:                Love the shout-out to the old costume and generations fractured and the Dan Mora art and the gift, yes please, just fantastic. Alex:                 Yeah. Just such a good package across the board. Pete:                It really is. It's one of those ones where you're like, “All right, a collection,” but then you're like, “Holy shit, this is worth it.” Alex:                 Yeah, pretty much every story is good. The art is great, definitely pick this up. Next step, Goosebumps: Secrets of the Swamp, number one from IDW written by Marieke Nijkamp, and art by Yasmin Flores Montanez. This is a new story, I guess, set in the Goosebumps universe. This is honestly something that is very much out of my wheelhouse. I never read Goosebumps as a kid or anything like that. But it's about a kid who is a gamer. She has one prosthetic arm, so clearly she feels uncomfortable about going outside. But she meets another friend who's a prominent gamer and they begin exploring their town that has some spooky monsters in it. What'd you think about this book? Pete:                Well, yeah, I'm not really a big Goosebumps head, but I really like the start of this. This is a solid first issue. Does a great job of introducing interesting characters and then throwing into a shit show. And I understand like you look up to some hero, somebody you admire and they're like, “Oh yeah, kid, you want to roll with me? Guess what? We're going out into the nightmare that is this world.” Alex:                 And I appreciate you explaining all ages, mostly kids book as throwing them into a shit show. Pete:                Well, what would you call that fucking swamp land that they live in? Justin:              There's nothing wrong with swamp. Pete:                I'm not saying that, but the swamp with monsters- Justin:              What's so scary about a swamp, Pete? Because it feels it's moist. Pete:                No, they have straight up monsters in their fucking swamp. Justin:              But you seemed like hung up on the swamp. Pete:                You're the one hung up [crosstalk 00:22:03]. Alex:                 Fill the swamp, fill the swamp. Justin:              That is what you always cheer. Even your time cheerleading at Cornell University, you were a huge fill the swamp. Alex:                 See you, go big red. Pete:                Oh my God. Justin:              Just building out some of our background on the show. I liked this a lot, I also didn't read Goosebumps, so I don't know what Goosebumps brings to this story. It's just like a creepy story I guess, the branding on it, because this story of these people coming together sort of through gaming and then the gaming becoming real. And then they go on the swamp to face a monster, could stand on its own in a fun way. Pete:                Yeah, it's a fun- Alex:                 [crosstalk 00:22:51] a story, like you said, I like the character, so I wanted a little more out of the story. But I feel like obviously we're going to get that in the second issue. Pete:                Issue two is a good spot to look for that. Justin:              Yeah. Wait for it. Alex:                 There you go. Let's move on to another one, Giant-Size X-Men: Storm, number one from Marvel, written by Jonathan Hickman and art by Russell Dauterman. Now we have talked incessantly, but these Giant-Size X-Men books about what is going on here, these seem like half finished stories. What is happening? Well, [inaudible 00:23:21] as one might say. Pete:                Nope. Alex:                 No, but I would not say that. This issue- Pete:                I also wanted to say though that this Jordan D. White said that this issue would change things for Storm forever. So there was a lot of hype going into this issue. Justin:              Well, and can you pinpoint what that is? Pete:                Yeah. Justin:              What? Pete:                Turns out Storm is sick and she's got some things going on, and it makes me very sad. Justin:              Well, but she- Alex:                 No. Justin:              But she's cured by the end, spoiler. Pete:                Yeah. Is she though? Because it seems like that demon they pulled out of her is just going to grow. Alex:                 The only thing that I was going to say, just to kind of finish up the thing that I was saying that we can turn over to the rest of it, is this is finally bringing together some threads specifically from the Giant-Size X-Men issues. We get the Nightcrawler one, which focused a little bit on Cypher. We get the Storm one obviously which, or I guess it was the Jean Grey one maybe- Justin:              I think so. Alex:                 I honestly don't remember. Whatever it was, it was a Storm story and they're finally picking up on that. And we also get the [inaudible 00:24:31] one picking up with that as well and started to loop all of these disparate threads together. Justin, what did you think about this? Because you've been very, critical is probably the wrong word, but I would say dubious at least about [crosstalk 00:24:44]. Justin:              Yeah, surprised just in general that these have been sort of off the main character standalone stories or seemingly standalone stories. But to your point where you were just saying, I do think this amounts to a lot, it feels like, I don't know if maybe it's faded in our minds because of how much has happened in the X universe since the Dawn of X. But so much of those first issues were about sort of the artificial intelligence that will eventually destroy not only the mutants but the humans and be the real enemy. If humans and mutants can get over their shit and face AI. Justin:              And it feels like maybe this is the moment where it starts. That being in the world which the whole premise of the world is that it accelerates time, it accelerates evolution. They pull this techno organic virus that Storm picked up in a recent issue where they went into … what is the place they went into? Alex:                 The orcas, I think. Justin:              Yeah. Orcas and The Children of the Vault is what I was trying to think of. And she pulls this techno organic virus, The Children of the Vault also a hyper evolving hyper time place, and takes it to this other even more pocket dimension where the time extends, it happens even faster. And I think that is the AI evolution that will eventually lead to some of the real monsters that the X-Men face in the Dawn of X issues. And the people we have at the end of this issue, sort of being there are Phantom X, Phantom X's sort of twin, I guess. And then a random dude from AIM. Alex:                 Yeah. And the other thing that's kind of messed up about it, particularly as of a fan of the character is Cypher and Warlock seem to know what's going on and seem to be kind of cool with it, which is not great. There's definitely been some weird, potentially dangerous stuff going on with Cypher and Warlock over the course of this entire run. And that certainly seems to be the clearest tip of the hat to what's happening here. So yeah, I 100% agree with you, Justin. This is like, I think the important thing, it's surprising you said Storm, because I think the important thing is to the overall plot of what is happening with the X-Men line since the very beginning, versus necessarily Storm. Justin:              Yeah. It feels like a bigger thing. That's why I always say, “Don't trust the guy that speaks all the languages.” He's up at the bar, he's talking to the bartender, ordering you a weird drink because he knows too much. Alex:                 But yeah, good issue. Particularly if you've been reading these Giant-Size X-Men books, if you've read House of X and Powers of X, you really like those. I think this is a good thing to pick up on to kind of get potentially the ongoing story. Let's move out to Big Girls Number two from Image Comic story and art by Jason Howard. I think we were pretty into but a little reserved on the first issue of this book, takes place in a post apocalyptic world where women grow to gigantic size, men also grow to gigantic size, but become monsters and are attacking one of the last remaining cities. We've been following one of the so-called Big Girls who was fighting back against them. We get more fleshed out about the world, this issue. I like this issue a lot more personally, because of the details and the nuance that it added. How'd you guys feel? Pete:                Yeah, this is good because it's like, all right, now we're kind of really getting understanding of who's who, where's what type of situation. Justin:              Who's big, who's little. Pete:                Yeah. Men are monsters, women are saving the world, it's great. I do think though that the kind of reveal at the end is really what's going to kind of take this concept and kind of push it. But the art's great, the action's phenomenal. It's a interesting world, so I'm excited for more. But I'm glad that and agree with Zalben that issue too kind of like solidify things a little bit better. Justin:              Yeah, I agree. I mean, it's nice to sort of, like you're saying, Pete, see the sides of where everyone is. We have our main character who's a little bit dubious about the status quo. And then we have this sort of rebel faction in the back half that is maybe- Pete:                Also I was a little worried about how slow that one main character was to pull the trigger to save that other person's life there. I was like, thought that would be a bigger issue and might come back. Alex:                 We'll have to see what happens. Justin:              I love the double page spread in the middle of the book of our main Big Girl being operated on, and sort of repaired like really- Pete:                Oh yeah, that was fun, some of the like- Justin:              Cowgirl as she's known. Pete:                Yeah. Alex:                 Very Gulliver in that moment. Pete:                Yeah, Gulliver, and I was going to say like, Fraggle Rock reminded me of the dozers a little bit. Alex:                 Yeah. [crosstalk 00:29:49]. Justin:              You say Fraggle Rock a lot, just in general. Pete:                Down at Fraggle Rock. Down at Fraggle Rock. Alex:                 Down at Fraggle Rock. Justin:              That's not a criticism, that's just an open ended statement. Pete:                Every time I walk by a construction society, I want to take a bite out of it, what? Justin:              Every time I walk past a pile of garbage, I want to talk to you. Pete:                Yeah. Justin:              You walk past a construction site and you're like, “What up dozers?” And they're like, “Get the fuck out of here.” Alex:                 We're trying to build radishes here, come on. Justice League number 53 for DC Comics written by Joshua Williamson and art by Xermanico. This is tying into Dark Nights: Death Metal. This arc is called Doom Metal, and focuses on one mission of … I think it's fair to call them sub Justice League members, slash- Justin:              Woo, spicy. Alex:                 Yeah, I'm sorry. [crosstalk 00:30:43]. Justin:              Shots fired. Alex:                 It's Detective Chimp. It's hot girl. She's a member of the Justice League. But they are going after Perpetua's throne. Pete, you raised your hand, what would you like to say? Pete:                I would say cute start, what a touching adorable start. Little Robin trying to sneak up on Batman [inaudible 00:31:05]. Justin:              Great. I guess I agree with Pete technically. But I do like- Pete:                I mean the POV angles, it really was a kid looking up at these heroes. I thought that was such great attention to detail that really gives- Alex:                 This really is not helping my theory that you don't read beyond the first page or two, Pete. Pete:                Okay, fine. Justin:              That's one conspiracy theory I can get behind. Pete:                How about they born on a Doomsday panel that was later your dick, that was awesome. Alex:                 I mean that was page four. Justin:              Oh, he's flipping through the book right now. Alex:                 How about this thing at the last page that I just looked at. Justin:              Yeah. You see this UPC code on the back cover? Woo, did not see that coming. That's how you buy the book, they scan it. Alex:                 What were you going to say, Justin? Justin:              Ah, yes. I thought Pete was going to have a slight rebuttal. Pete:                No, I'm just enjoying how much you guys enjoy shooting holes in everything I'm trying to do. Justin:              Trying to do? Alex:                 Oh man. Justin:              What are you going to do? Pete:                I don't know, give my opinion, but apparently it's not good enough because it only is stuff that happens in the beginning. Alex:                 It's a very good opinion. It's a very good opinion. I'm just doing a classic comic book club La Zalben. Justin:              That's why they call him Alex La Zalben. I agree with Pete. There's a lot of fun of this book. I love this sort of … it feels like a side quest in a fantasy game or a fantasy series in a fun way. I could read a lot of this Death Metal stuff for maybe a long time. It's fun. [crosstalk 00:32:48]. Alex:                 It's surprising, right? Justin:              Yeah. Alex:                 Because it's silly. Pete, you did bring up the born on a Doomsday, [inaudible 00:32:56] who are also Doomsdays, it's the sort of thing where you get to this point you're like, “This is so stupid, but it works at the same time.” It's just mashing your toys together, that's all it is. But they're having such a good time with it. It's fun to read. Justin:              Aaron and Garney arm falls off, you put a Doomsday on. Alex:                 Exactly. All right. Let's move on to Seven Secrets number two from Boom! Studios written by Tom Taylor and art by Daniele di Nicuolo. We really like the first issue of this though. I think there's a little criticism from some of us about the end perhaps being a little confusing or not sure where it was going necessarily. But it is about a world where there's a secret society. They hold seven secrets. We're focusing on one character who's part of that, who is the son of two of the characters who hold two of those secrets. At least one of those characters dies in the last issue. And that there's a big villain who's trying to take them all down. We flash back this issue and get an origin. I thought not only was this issue great, but the cliffhanger was superb. One of the best that I've read in a really long time, the last sentence of the book, and made me even way more into this book than I was before. Pete:                Wow. I read that like last part and was like, “Oh man, that's more heartbreaking than we need. You didn't need to do that at the end.” But I agree, this is information that we needed and it's important. Moving forward I'm glad they kind of took a breath to give us this kind of flashback type of thing. Yeah, I'm really into this book now. This issue got me more hyped about it. Justin:              Yeah. Especially in an issue that felt like he was laying a lot of groundwork, it felt like sort of an exposition issue. A lot of like sort of drama in the King's court style drama. And then to end on that emotional, just build up to that last panel was really well done. Pete:                I can't even look at … I'm sorry. Alex:                 No. All I was going to say was that I'd be really fascinated to hear how Tom Taylor structured this, because it almost feels like you have this very Harry Potter sort of training section that potentially would come first. Then you go out to the inciting incident, which is the thing where the society gets messed up. And then you follow through from there, but he flipped it. He went from first issue, the second issue and he reversed the order of them and it works so well, it's very, very smart. Justin:              Yeah. The words I was trying to come up with earlier were palace intrigue. This issue is so much palace intrigue, and ending on a real strong emotional beat. Pete:                I was just going to say that I can't look at a gold little ducky without getting choked up anymore. Alex:                 Oh man, sad stuff. Let's move on to something that probably creeps you the fuck out, Pete, the Immortal Hulk number 37 from Marvel- Pete:                Oh, Jesus Christ. Alex:                 … written by Al Ewing Alan and art by Joe Bennett. The door is finally open. We finally know who the big villain of this book is. It's the leader of course. Pete:                Yeah, of course it is. Alex:                 Or maybe it is. There might be something behind that. But the leader is looking to manipulate the green door the way that the Hulk and other gamma radiated heroes have been resurrected constantly, hence the Immortal Hulk of the title. While the Hulk is outside fighting in the real world, the leader is inside this hellscape or whatever is going on there. He has taken over Rick Jones. He has taken over … who's the second one he's taken over? I don't remember. Oh, he's taken over the irradiated guy, whatever the irradiated guy from the early on the run. Pete:                Yeah, from the [crosstalk 00:36:57]. Alex:                 And there's nobody else that he's taken over as well that he hits at, we don't know who that is yet. But, oh God, I cannot say enough about how terrifying it is to read every issue of this book. Pete:                Yeah, it's too much, man. It's too much. It's gone too far. It's gone too far. Justin:              I love this book and the way, the sense of dread that's been building from issue one and it just keeps extending to end, not only with the writing, but the art, despite all of the body, just disaster that's happening on all these pages. You still get references too older Hulk artists. The last page feels like right out of the Hulk history, and so much of it, it feels just so big, every issue big and horrifying, just like I want everything to be. Alex:                 This is a very meta way of looking at it, but it is very exciting to be reading an all timer. You don't get that often when you're reading a book, but you read this book and you're like, “This is a Hulk run that people are going to talk about for decades.” This is going to be talked about in the same breath as Peter David's run, as the original run, as all these other classic runs of a Hulk and other characters. And I don't know how this is going to add up, I don't know where this could go. But being in the middle there between Al Ewing's writing and Joe Bennet's art, which is like Cronenberg-esque in exactly the right way. It's very exciting to read every issue of this book. Pete:                Yeah, 100%. Alex:                 Great. Thanks. Glad you agree, Pete. Just [inaudible 00:38:50], no thanks. Pete:                Well, I mean, I'm glad you guys are having fun. Alex:                 That's nice. Justin:              Pete's scared. Pete:                This is a horror book with one of my favorite characters, so you guys enjoy your time, I'll wait until we get Hulk. Justin:              Is there another book you could read where the Hulk does something like, I don't know, like smash. Pete:                No, I don't think there is. [crosstalk 00:39:13]. Alex:                 Dryad number five from Oni Press written by Kurtis Wiebe illustrated by Justin Osterling. I'll give a little pluggy plug here. Go check out our bonus episode where we talk to the team behind this book in the comic book club feed, it was a blast and a pleasure to talk to them about the last issue of the book, as well as the run. But Dryad number five, we have our main characters now in the city, they are battling folks, they are trying to figure out what's going on, the kids have no idea. There's a big twist as usual towards the end of this issue. What'd you think about this one? Justin:              This book continues to go its own way. You cannot predict the storytelling here and it's fully into sci-fi, big sci-fi, Blade Runner-esque, corporate intrigue. And did not see that coming, curious with some still fantasy elements popping through. But it's one of the few books I feel like we read where it's like, “I have no idea where we're headed.” Pete:                Yeah. It's very interesting. Each issue is kind of like its own thing, and what's great is you don't know what you're going to get when you pick up this book, but it continues to tell a story just somehow more creatively in different ways. It's impressive to kind of see this thing move forward. I continue to be impressed by the art and the storytelling. This one, we get a lot more action. And then some of the stuff that Zalben likes at the end, but like it's … Alex:                 What does that mean? Pete:                You know what I'm talking about, that hot tub shit at the end, got a little weird that you're into. Alex:                 What? No, come on, Pete. I mean, that was pretty hot. Justin:              I mean, I love a hot tub. I wish there was another book you were talking about [crosstalk 00:41:07]. Alex:                 You know what's best about that is the hot tub scene. The hot tub scene being cut between the guy who had his legs blasted off, I was like, “Fuck yeah. Give me more of that, inject that into my veins.” No, it was good, that was fine. That was a good Ted scene and fleshed out more about the world, but I'm way more into what's going on with the kids and what's happening at the end. Great, great stuff. Alex:                 Catwoman number 25 from DC Comics written by Ram V, an art by Fernando Blanco. This is a bunch of different things. This is tying into the Joker War. Almost an essential chapter of it, as we find out what Catwoman does with Bruce Wayne's money. But also setting up a new classic status quo for Catwoman that I thought was great. I like this book across the board. I had a little burp there at the end, I'm sorry. Justin:              How dare you. Pete:                Okay. I really love the amazing flashback sequences with the kind of tiger stuff that was almost like this orangest type painting kind of thing, that was really cool. Plus the way they kind of drew the action with Catwoman was really a lot of fun, where you're kind of on the same page, you see her kind of doing different moves. To me that's kind of like old school comic book style and I really enjoyed that. Justin:              We talked about this a little- Pete:                I also burped at the end, that was weird. Justin:              That is weird you guys, gas management, gas management bros. Alex:                 Justin has covered for you. Justin:              No, I am fully in charge. Pete:                Oh God. Justin:              I think we talked about this a little bit earlier when we were talking about the Batman books. But I want some resolution on the Batman Catwoman relationship, because it feels like we've been in this space because of whatever happened with changing up the creative teams when they did. We're in this place where it's like, wait, she's just moving his money around and sort of not hanging out, what's the deal? Want to know about their relationship. But aside from that sort of unrelated bother, this was an essential chapter I think. Seeing Catwoman doing this makes you understand the main story a lot more for the Joker War. Alex:                 Yeah, I agree. All right. Let's move into a little part of the show. And this is the end of the show here, which I like to call the Pete sandwich. And the reason I call it the Pete Sandwich is because we got a book Pete really wants to talk about, three books Pete does not want to talk about, and then a book Pete wants to talk about. Pete:                Yeah, sandwich. Alex:                 Pull back the curtain a little bit. But let's get to it. Justin:              And the best way to eat a sandwich is you start with the piece of bread that you really like, then you eat the middle, and then you get to the other piece of bread, which is the other thing you really like. Pete:                Bread's nice, man. Sometimes nice, fresh bread makes everything better. Justin:              You just mash the sandwich bread first into your face and chew your way up. Alex:                 Whenever I go to a deli, I'm like, “Hey, I'll have a Italian Hero. Then take the Salami and the pepperoni and the Capocollo, you throw that out, [inaudible 00:44:20] you throw that out.” Justin:              Capocollo, I love it. Alex:                 You get rid of it. [crosstalk 00:44:24]. Justin:              Just some slightly oily bread. Alex:                 [crosstalk 00:44:28], no, you put it out there and you throw it out. I don't like it. Oil and vinegar, you throw it out. Once & Future number 11 from Booms! Studios written by Kieron Gillen and illustrated by Dan Mora. Holy shit, the end of this issue is fucking insane, not to curse too much. But they have been fighting Grendel of the Beowulf myth, they took care of Beowulf. This issue, they fight, they take care of Grendel. You can kind of see where this is going. You know where this is going. But the way Dan Mora draws this is so horrific and so perfect. This issue is great. I like this series anyway, but this is one of my favorite issues in a while. Pete:                Yeah. This is really just kind of back to what started this thing and made us love it so much, just unbelievable action. This amazing grandmother in the heart of it. I can't, I mean, if you don't like this book, I don't know what to tell you. This to me is great comics, unbelievable art, unbelievable storytelling. The action and violence is mwah, chef's kiss, just fantastic. I'm having so much goddamn fun with this book. Justin:              Yeah. Shout-out to our interview with Kieron Gillen, where we talked about this book a lot. Because it really informs a lot of the process and it makes it so much richer to read this book, hearing him talk about it. Because you get to see in this issue the story that they're sort of caught up in and fighting catch up with them simultaneously. It feels like they've been sort of alongside the story or ahead of the story a little bit. And this last panel, last couple of panels or pages, you really see the story come up and be like, you're done, we got you here. And that's really satisfying to see on top of the fact that it's just a great action story and sequence and wildly bloody in a fun way. Alex:                 Yeah. So good. This is just great. Let's move on to the … sorry, I got a little sick there even thinking about a Capocollo of the stack. X-Men number 12 from Marvel Comics written by Jonathan Hickman and art by Leinil Francis Yu. In this issue- Pete:                What the fuck? What the fuck is going on? Justin:              Uh-oh. He's in [crosstalk 00:46:58]. Alex:                 This is a classic. Pete:                No, no, no, no, no, this, okay, all right, fine. You're going to have fuck island, you're going to … you can't keep adding crazier shit on top of crazier shit. Alex:                 No, man. This is classic- Pete:                You have to deal with it, you can't keep just fucking adding crazy shit. Justin:              Can't you? Pete:                How did Hickman say … how did he pitch [inaudible 00:47:22]. Okay guys, I'm going to change X-Men forever. And just when you think it can't get crazier, I'm going to keep adding crazier … I'm not going to deal with that, I'm just going to keep going to crazy town and then walk away. Alex:                 The reason I said this was the Capocollo is because it has the surprising, sliced peppercorns in the middle where you're like, “Whoa, where did that come from?” Justin:              Woo, spicy. Alex:                 Yeah, classic X-Men book. As we all know, Apocalypse originally came from the dimension of our Rocco separate Island next door to- Pete:                What the fuck. Alex:                 That has since had sex with and enjoyed with [inaudible 00:47:59]. His grandchildren have kept on his legacy. There is the opposite of apocalypse, the evil apocalypse, because as we all know, the apocalypse is good now. Justin:              Famously heroic. Pete:                What is happening? Alex:                 I don't know. Pete:                This doesn't make any sense. Alex:                 This is definitely like, it's funny to read this after the past couple of the issues where Jonathan Hickman was like, “I don't know, [inaudible 00:48:26] is killing shit out of the moon or whatever,” I don't know what's going on. This is fun. They're just killing some plants. We're having a good time, isn't this fun? Pete:                Is he throwing darts at a board? Alex:                 Yeah, this is fun [crosstalk 00:48:35]. He's like, “Did you forget that I'm Jonathan Hickman?” [crosstalk 00:48:43]. Justin:              I think I can shout out everyone's favorite panel from this issue, for everyone's favorite page, excuse me. The info page sort of two thirds the way through where we list the [inaudible 00:48:54]. And it's an infographic where we find out about the summoners from the school of [inaudible 00:49:01], this world that we just invented and arrived at, and how you can either be a shitty summoner, a decent summoner or a kick ass summoner. And can summon Pete, this [inaudible 00:49:12] is fun. You can summon our hoard of elementals, and up to three major [inaudible 00:49:17]. Alex:                 It is wild that at the course of one issue Jonathan Hickman is like, “Oh yeah, Apocalypse had a wife and also a evil opposite Apocalypse who is going to kick off his Ten of Swords type thing or whatever, because there's all these powerful swords. It's not big deal. Anyway, let's go into a hole, it's all good.” And then it picked up this random game that he introduced and that got away from in the last issue is insane. Justin:              Yeah. And he's like, “Oh, don't worry. In case you're of worry this isn't an X-men book focused on the heroic X-Men, don't worry because we got Banshee and Unus the Untouchable coming along for the ride.” Alex:                 Also they're all mutants and one of their powers is to never lose, which is crazy. Justin:              That's a hell of a thing to say. Alex:                 Yeah. I mean, this is saying a lot. This was the most Jonathan Hickman issue of X-Men so far. Justin:              I mean, it's a full on fantasy story at this point. That's why I think this issue is a real, is pointing us to what Ten of Swords is going to be, and it's going to be this. It's going to be epic grand scale battles with people and places that we don't know too much about and may never.” Alex:                 But that's okay. Well, all I'm going to say is, I've been enjoying this enough and this has been crazy enough that I'm willing to follow them down this rabbit hole into your insaneville that I don't understand. Justin:              100%. Alex:                 But I also think … Hold on. Pete, I do want to hear what you have to say, but the only thing that I want to say is you think back to nineties, two thousands, X-Men they were like, “Oh yeah, there's a mega level mutants. Oh yeah, now there's externals.” All of these things that we 20, 30 years down the road are like, yes, yes, that's part of canon and I get that and I understand that. That's what they're doing right now. That's what he is doing is he's adding in these insane details to the X-Men Mythos that decades down the road we're going to be like, “Yes, I remember that. That is Arakko. That's what happens there.” Justin:              Alex, what are you crazy? Immortal mutants that don't know they're immortal that's normal. Ten Swords, that's insane. Can you imagine Ten Swords? Alex:                 You're right. I'm sorry. That's too bad. I apologize. Pete:                I just want to start by saying I'm not willing to follow them into this crystal anus that they're walking into. All right. This is too insane. It's not an X-Men book. I don't know what the fuck's going on anymore. Justin:              I guess I'm changing your birthday plans, Pete, because it's very similar to that. Pete:                Okay. Well, I have no idea what the fuck is happening, who fuck is doing what. Cool. I'm glad people are having fun, but wake me when the X-Men show up. Alex:                 I don't usually like to talk about further episodes of The Stack, but next week we're going to be reading Dawn of X of Swords, Enter the Crystal Anus number one. And I hope you're going to read it, Pete. Justin:              I have a feeling you're going to love it. I feel bad because the Crystal Anus is on my favorite bars in Brooklyn and it closed because of COVID. Pete:                Oh, it's too bad. Alex:                 All right, let's move on to the … let's say salami of this particular Stack. Faithless number two, number four- Pete:                Here we go. Alex:                 … from a Boom! Studios written by Brian Azarello and art by Maria Llovet. I feel like we were a little down on the last issue of Faithless. Justin, I'm talking specifically to you because Pete doesn't want to talk about this at all. This issue I thought was very good. This is, Faith finally shows off her art. She goes on a tour of Turin I believe, with maybe a demon or a fallen angel or something like that. Very weird, very dark. What were you going to say? Justin:              I was going to say, I feel like what we've been talking about is it feels like this book has been spinning its wheels for a couple of issues where it's like, “We get it. She's an artist.” There's all these like dark clouds gathering around her with demonic intentions. But I think this issue, especially the back half for the back third, we get sort of what the book is about a little bit. And it's about her being this conduit through sex to connect with ghosts and sort of use them in her art. And that feels, knowing that is great, is helpful to maybe giving her a power in the story to guide it as opposed to just be this innocent washed up in all this chaos. Alex:                 Yeah. I mean it's interesting because it's kind of a battle for her soul type thing, right? They've been pretty clear about that, it's [inaudible 00:54:12] et cetera. But you have this master artist who is coming in, who is encouraging to go further in the darkness, versus she has this guy who comes out of the devil's door, but he's good in a way, he inspires her to be better. But it's fascinating, this is … Pete, you must've loved this issue, right? Justin:              The devil's door was actually the back entrance to the Crystal Anus and again it closed forever. Pete:                Yeah. I mean, what sucks is I thought we were going to kind of get away from all the madness a little bit and then it's like, “Oh, this is a nice date.” But then it's like, “Oh yeah, of course the dead person with an open head wound is going to still get some, because this is a fucking weird ass book.” Alex:                 It gives you hope though, right? If you ever [inaudible 00:55:03]. Pete:                Yeah. I had a little hope and then the douchebag showed up at the end again. Alex:                 No, I mean if you ever get a head wound, you might still be on the market. Pete:                Yeah, still bangable. Yeah, it's true. Just because you got an open head wound doesn't mean you still can't get some I guess is the moral- Justin:              That's the spirit. Alex:                 That's what it says on my Tinder profile. Justin:              Alex, you've been married for so long, you got to shut that Tinder profile down. Alex:                 I did actually not to veer into a true story. I don't think we're married yet, but we're definitely for like- Pete:                How the fuck. Alex:                 No, I had a Nerve profile and four years into dating my wife right before I proposed to her I was featured on nerve as a single. And I was like, “Oh shit, oh no.” Pete:                That's hilarious. Justin:              Bummer, metal pocket the ring for a couple of weeks. Alex:                 Yeah. I honestly went on only like three or four dates before I shut it down off of that. But yeah, then we got married. Justin:              That's a beautiful story and was a great toast at your wedding by the way. Alex:                 Thank you. All right. Let's move on to the serrano ham of The Stack. The Amazing Spider Man- Justin:              Oh, this is a high-Class sub. Alex:                 It's a good sub. It's a brooklyn style sub. The Amazing Spider-Man, Sins of Norman Osborn number one from Marvel Comics written by Nick Spencer and art by Federico Vicentini. This is another essential chapter of the storyline it feels like, that I don't understand why it's a one shot other than them trying to maybe hit the timing right for anniversary issues or something. But Spider-Man is trying to save Norman Osborn. The spider family is trying to decide whether to stop him or not from the Sin-Eater. I thought this was very good. I've been liking this storyline quite a bit. Justin:              I mean, I agree. I've been loving the Sin-Eater stuff, like such a departure from what Nick Spencer was doing before. This storyline is wild. There's so much happening here touching on a ton of continuity- Alex:                 So much stuff. Justin:              The fact that the Sin-Eater kills negative man, and then adapts his powers, it's like, oh, you have to know, you have to have been reading Spider-Man for a long time to know what the fuck is happening. Pete:                Yeah. Also it's just so much like stuff that you're like, oh, that could have been an ending, oh, that could have been an ending. And then the whole juggernaut thing is just such a couple panels that could have been such a huge thing. I was just really surprised at how much shit is jam packed in this issue and what the actual like oh shit reveal at the end is. There's just so much stuff packed in here, it's kind of surprising a little bit. Alex:                 Yeah. But it's a good issue, particularly if you've been reading Amazing Spider-Man, definitely pick this one up. Last one, back to the bread as we expected. Head Lopper number 13 from Image Comics story and art by Andrew Maclean. Pete, I got to say, there is no head lopping of this boo

Hablamos sobre la segunda temporada de Umbrella Academy, serie de Netflix que adapta los cómics de Gerard Way y Gabriel Ba.  ¿Fue acertada la nueva trama situada en los 60? ¿Se desarrollaron correctamente los personajes? ¿Cómo entender ese sorpresivo final? Acompáñanos a charlarlo a ritmo de las increíbles canciones que conforman el soundtrack de la serie.    Para completar… curiosidades, una invitada y hasta teorías.  ¡Bienvenidos al mejor toque de su vida, bienvenidos a la Banda del Cómic! Puedes apoyarnos en: https://www.patreon.com/bandadelcomic Conducen: Carlos Mario Ríos (Bob) - @carlosmariorios- y Carlos Londoño -@calondon en Twitter. Invitada: Lorena Fernández - @lorenafdz.09 Edición: Miguel Castro - @domuagencia Producción: Juan Camilo Hernández @juank__92 Canciones – todos los derechos reservados Phantom of the Opera Medley - Lindsey Stirling  Crazy – Daniela Andrade Dancing with myself – Generation X Here comes the end - Gerard Way y Judith Hill

The Hargreeves Family is in hot water after the JFK assassination and there's trouble on Sissy's farm. The Shaver Brothers are here to wrap up the amazing second season of Netflix's "The Umbrella Academy".

JFK is about to roll into town, the two Fives are entering "Stage 7" and Vanya is about to go boom. The Shaver Brothers are here to break down all the action, in "743".

Il 31 luglio è uscita la seconda stagione dell'acclamata serie Netflix liberamente ispirata all'omonima serie a fumetti pubblicata in Italia da Bao Publishing.Ne parleremo a modo nostro, spaziando su entrambi i media e non tralasciando le nostre personalissime critiche e preferenze.Se poi volete leggere le recensioni di SerialFreaks o comprare i volumi trovate tutti i link nella pagina del sito dedicata all'episodio.Per sostenerci offrendoci uno o più caffèhttps://www.buymeacoffee.com/polonerdSito, Mail e Contatti:redazione@polonerd.nethttps://www.polonerd.nethttps://www.polonerd.net/contattiPagina dell'episodio: https://www.polonerd.net/?p=599

Five has a new plan to save the world... but, there are some side effects. Klaus arrives on the scene to help Allison and Ray, while Diego learns more about the apocalypse and The Commission. The Shaver Brothers, as usual, have thoughts.

En una nueva emisión de Vidas Prestadas, Hinde Pomeraniec entrevistó al escritor Jorge Carrión para hablar de su reciente libro Lo viral. Jorge Carrión es un escritor y periodista español, autor de algunos de los artículos y libros más lúcidos sobre la cultura contemporánea en nuestra lengua. Su intervención en la discusión sobre la cultura contemporánea puede leerse tanto en los textos que publica en The New York Times o La Vanguardia como en sus posteos en las redes sociales. Autor de la trilogía de ficción Los muertos, Los huérfanos y Los Turistas y de los ensayos Teleshakespeare y Librerías, el año pasado la aparición de su libro Contra Amazon, una encendida defensa de las librerías y un alerta acerca del poder que los algoritmos están adquiriendo en nuestras vidas, se convirtió en un título de referencia. En estas semanas acaba de aparecer Lo viral (Galaxia Gutenberg), su nuevo libro, un diario fake, un breve ensayo escrito al calor de la pandemia que mientras reconstruye los primeros meses del coronavirus reflexiona sobre la viralidad digital y el momento cero e inesperado de la humanidad a partir del virus que tiene al mundo en vilo. Gran crítico de series, de libros y de productos culturales de todo formato, Carrión es también la voz del podcast Solaris, uno de los más celebrados en nuestra lengua, definido por sus hacedores como “un podcast pero también ensayo y audiolibro”, en sintonía con los nuevos modos de expresión de los medios. En la sección Libros Que Sí, Hinde recomendó “Jitler”, de Gabriel Bañez publicado por La comuna ediciones y “La epidemia como política”, de Giorgio Agamben editado por Adriana Hidalgo y en El Extranjero comentó “Un amor cualquiera”, de Jane Smiley En Mesita de luz la periodista y socióloga Eugenia Zicavo contó que libros está leyendo y En Voz Alta el dramaturgo y director Mariano Tenconi Blanco leyó un fragmento de “Eisejuaz” de Sara Gallardo.  

Regresamos con la familia adoptiva disfuncional más poderosa del panorama televisivo. Basada en el aclamado cómic de Gerard Way y Gabriel Ba, 'The Umbrella Academy' ha vuelto a Netflix con una nueva y explosiva segunda temporada. ¿Habrá conseguido estar a la altura? Aquí te lo explicamos. 🕑05:31 | Crítica sin spoilers 🕑33:16 | Crítica con spoilers Nuestro Facebook 👉 https://www.facebook.com/podcastbat/ Nuestro Twitter 👉 @batsenalesPOD Nuestro Instagram 👉 https://www.instagram.com/batsenales/ Nuestro Telegram 👉 https://t.me/batsePOD

Five is on a mission, the Swedes are on the hunt, there's more drama on the farm and The Shaver Brothers talk about it all as they recap "Öga for Öga".

Regresamos con la familia adoptiva disfuncional más poderosa del panorama televisivo. Basada en el aclamado cómic de Gerard Way y Gabriel Ba, 'The Umbrella Academy' ha vuelto a Netflix con una nueva y explosiva segunda temporada. ¿Habrá conseguido estar a la altura? Aquí te lo explicamos. 🕑05:31 | Crítica sin spoilers 🕑33:16 | Crítica con spoilers Nuestro Facebook 👉 https://www.facebook.com/podcastbat/ Nuestro Twitter 👉 @batsenalesPOD Nuestro Instagram 👉 https://www.instagram.com/batsenales/ Nuestro Telegram 👉 https://t.me/batsePOD

Dave visits Klaus at the compound, Allison shows Ray the perks of her powers and the Hargreeves kids finally get some face time with dad. The Shaver Brothers talk about all that and more.

It's getting CRAZY in 1963 Dallas! Pogo's origin story, Swedes on the hunt and the usual Hargreeves family drama. The Shaver Brothers are back to sort it all out, in episode 5.

"The Swedish Job" brings us more Hargreeves reunions, trouble with the Ikea Mafia and more family apocalypse drama than The Shaver Brothers can handle. Let's talk about it.

On this episode Paul gives his SPOILER-LITE review of The Umbrella Academy Season 2 on Netflix! Enjoy and thanks for listening!

Crank up Tiffany "I Think We're Alone Now" and let's relive the story that gave birth to the kicks adaptation on Netflix the Umbrella AcademyMy Chemical Romance frontman Gerard Way is a fantastic comic book writer as well, and the art by Gabriel Ba brings us an over the top world that's just too good to not relive over and over.Have Agnes bring us a cup of coffee, we reliving the saga of the Umbrella Academy Apocalypse Suite.

Behind the Scenes is back, and this season, we’re time traveling with the Umbrella Academy. Creator Gerard Way, of My Chemical Romance, illustrator/co-creator Gabriel Ba, and showrunner Steve Blackman walk us through how this dysfunctional family of anti-heroes ended up on our screens. 

We pour one out for the late, great Ennio Morricone, bear witness to Margo Price tapping into her inner Stevie Nicks, and pop open a 6-pack of tracks each from a couple of world-class badass digital compilations. All this & much, much less!

Welcome back, Fellow Streamers! We spend another week entrenched in the Pixar Playlist with Up and Monsters Inc.!  We discuss the new Taylor Swift concert on Disney+, the release trailer for Umbrella Academy 2, Lauren gets mad because we aren't in Disneyland, we're both very sad now that we've watched Up because that movie is horrifically depressing, and a cat disrupts our entire setup for a bit. She's very bad.  Also, sorry to Gavin MacLeod, Betty White, Cloris Leachman, John Amos, and anyone else from The Mary Tyler-Moore Show that we thought was no longer with us. It's been a weird week.  Also, also, the artist for the Umbrella Academy graphic novels that Devon forgot is Gabriel Ba. Y'all should check their work out!  As always, you can find us on iTunes, Spotify, Google Play, Stitcher Radio, iHeart Radio, and any other podcatcher you can think of!  Like what you hear? Find more of our content below, and don't forget to leave us a review! Moundhousedude Studios: https://moundhousedude.wixsite.com/podcast MHD Studios Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/moundhousedude/  @MHDStudios on Twitter @streamersguide on Twitter streamersguidepod@gmail.com   @thestreamersguide on Instagram All original music by DC Brandenburg Intro by TCrull on Fiverr. Outro remix by Jon Biegen of Stranger Still Podcast. Check his work out here: https://www.facebook.com/groups/StrangerStillShow/

We've analysed The Umbrella Academy TV Series of Season 1. In this episode we talk about the global story and if it satisfied our expectations or not. And if not, let's find out why.We talk about genre, moments we expect, the point of view, wants and needs of the characters as well as wrap up the Season by using the 5 commandments for Beginning Hook, Middle Build and Ending Payoff.In our shownotes on storygrid.com and sgshowrunners.com, you'll find bonus material: PDF for the foolscap, the Story Grid's 6 Core Questions as well as two interpretations of the Heroic Journey's Stages. Tune in next time when we talk about our expectations for the Witcher TV series.

In this episode, Anthony joins me as we discuss volume 3 of The Umbrella Academy, Hotel Oblivion, by Gerard Way and Gabriel Ba.

For our first-ever classic episode posting, we bring you this Graphic Novelty era outing where Josh, Ora, and Archie's expert Shane delve into the frightening depths of the Brian Wood/Becky Cloonan collaboration Demo and the Gerard Way/Gabriel Ba comic Umbrella Academy. What do we find there? Cultural Marxism, apparently. Sorry, Adam Baldwin. IN MEMORIAM OF ARCHIE'S EXPERT SHANE. We miss you, buddy.

Alex rejoins Joshua and Joe to run down our roughly 14 favorite books and cartoonists of the 2010s: Eleanor Davis, Rosalie Lightning by Tom Hart, Anders Nilsen, John Hanciewicz, Digger by Ursula Vernon, My Favorite Thing Is Monsters Vol. 1 by Emil Ferris, Marion Fayolle, Frank Santoro, Joe Sacco, the comics journalism of The Nib, My Friend Dahmer by Derf Backderf, Daytripper by Gabriel Ba and Fabio Moon, and Marcelo D'Salete.

The Cloud burst, and for forty days and forty nights, all of our secrets rained down. In the not terribly distant future world of Brian K. Vaughan, Marcos Martin, and Muntsa Vicente’s 2013-15 series The Private Eye, the Internet is a distant memory and anonymity is now the foundation of American society. Of course, our hero is an amoral paparazzo-slash-private investigator whose job is to dig up those old secrets; of course, this leads him into a world of trouble. For the penultimate Four-Color Flashback of 2019, Paul and Arlo discuss Vaughan’s clever utilization of noir tropes in the post-Internet age, Martin’s dynamic pencils/inks, Vicente’s eye-popping colors (this is one noir that doesn’t hide in the shadows), their radical pay-what-you-want self-publishing platform Panel Syndicate, and the big philosophical question at the heart of the book: is the Internet worth it?   Next: for the final Four-Color Flashback of the season, we get existential with Fabio Moon and Gabriel Ba’s Daytripper. THE BREAKDOWN Total Run Time: 01:31:30 00:00:22  - Intro 00:04:10  - Main Topic 01:27:00  - Outro / Next THE MUSIC “Private Eyes” by Daryl Hall & John Oates, Private Eyes (1981) “This Masquerade” by The Carpenters, Now & Then (1973) THE LINKS   Panel Syndicate   “The Private Eye: A Damn Good Comic About How the Internet Changes Us” by Evan Narcisse, Kotaku “An Internet Comic About Post-Internet Life Imagines All Our Privacy Nightmares Come True” by Mark Peters, Slate “Cloud Burst: A Review Of Brian K. Vaughan’s Futuristic Comic Noir, The Private Eye” by Andrew Jones, Digital America

Hey all! Higgins and Snoop are back again to tell you what we've been reading and drinking. This month is about family and working together. So we brought in long time supporter of the show, Josh Sawyer, to help us out and talk about Gerard Way and Gabriel Ba's (insert screaming sheep sound) classic tale, The Umbrella Academy. It's a wild ride and one we hope you're ready for. Enjoy!- Drink of the Night- Book of the Month- Next Time...

Os acercamos uno de los últimos cómics que ha sido recientemente adaptado para la televisión en Netflix. El proyecto, ganador de un Eisner de Gerard Way para Dark Horse que nos presenta a 7 niños con poderes especiales, hablamos de The Umbrella Academy.

Os acercamos uno de los últimos cómics que ha sido recientemente adaptado para la televisión en Netflix. El proyecto, ganador de un Eisner de Gerard Way para Dark Horse que nos presenta a 7 niños con poderes especiales, hablamos de The Umbrella Academy.

My Chemical Romance and Umbrella Academy have one thing in common? Front man Gerard Way brought them into our hearts and we want to share our thoughts and the impact that this dysfunction X-men group has on us.  It's dark and a little messed up, Did we like it? Listen to find out! But we want to hear what you thought, no matter the color of your parade. Tell us what you think @comictradespod Or email us ctradesmonthly@gmail.com

Hey Handsomites! Eric and Robbie are talking about Umbrella Academy this week! They compare the first and second arcs, talk about Ba's art, and discuss its place in recent comics history! They also review Daredevil #2 and Female Furies #2! Floppies Fortnightly Heroes in Crisis #6 Female Furies #2 Martian Manhunter #3 Daredevil #2 Invaders […] The post 233 – Umbrella Academy Vol 1-2 by Gerard Way and Gabriel Ba appeared first on Handsome Boys Comics Hour.

Writer Matt Fraction joins the podcast to talk baseball and comics. We discuss the Cubs World Series win, growing up a Cubs fan, the future of Cubs fandom and the 1985 Bears. Turning to comics, we discuss Casanova, his long-running Image book. We talk about the 1960s spy influences, Howard Chaykin and American Flagg, metatextual references in the series, working on the series with Gabriel Ba (@gabirel_ba) and Fabio Moon (@fabiomoon) and more. Then we talk about ODY-C, his gender-flipping space opera retelling of the Odyssey. We discuss its creation, working with artist Christian Ward (@cjwardart) and more. We end with discussing potential upcoming TV work for Matt and Kelly Sue DeConnick (@kellysue), pitfalls of comics adaptations on the big/small screen, Iron Fist, Hawkeye, the gone-but-not-forgotten Fantastic Four twitter and being off social media. You can get the Mllkfed Criminal Masterminds newletter at milkfed.us.

On this edition of the Word balloon podcast, we begin our C2E2 convention coverage with three guetss.From the con floor artist Cliff Chiang talks about the new issue of Brave And Bold #33, on sale today featuring a girls night out between Zatanna, Batgirl, and Wonder Woman, written by J Michael Straczynski., plus Greendale, his upcoming original graphic novel, based on the music of Neil Young, written by Joshua Dysart.We wrap up our talk with Matt Fraction, because we had to hold back our discussion about Casanova's move to Marvel's Icon inprint, it's conversion to color, and what it's like working with the Brazilian Brother art team of Gabriel Ba and Fabio Moon.Finally Brian Bendis is back to talk about his new creator owned Icon series Scarlet with co-creator Alex Maleve . We also talk about the IPad, and other digital issues regarding Spider-Woman, Powers, The Ultimate Universe,  and The Avengers .

Sunday evening finds me ruminating about Gerard Way and Gabriel Ba's comic The Umbrella Academy, and wondering about the strangling tendrils of superhero tropes, and genres in general. How much is too much genre elements? Is there even such a thing? In any case, here's some Umbrella Academy material on the internet, which will give you an idea of which superhero elements the comic embraces and which ones it leaves at the curb: The Free Comic Book Day story, But The Past Ain't Through With You... The MySpace Comic, Safe and Sound And the 2-page sneak preveiw. The Voice of Free Planet X theme was written and performed by Russell Collins of www.clockworkaudio.net